GTA 6: The Album First Listen Review: What Rockstar's First 6 Official Singles Reveal About Vice City

The long wait for Grand Theft Auto VI entered a concrete musical phase when Rockstar Games unexpectedly unveiled the pre-release listing for Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album on Apple Music. Alongside the announcement, the publisher unlocked its first six completed singles. Rather than dropping a traditional ambient score cue or relying solely on vintage nostalgia, Rockstar chose to showcase a wildly ambitious spectrum of contemporary hip-hop, club dance, gritty modern country, Latin pop, and raw legacy blues.

For gamers and audiophiles tracking every detail of Leonida's neon-soaked highways and sprawling swamps, these six records provide the most direct window yet into the cultural atmosphere awaiting players. When combined with our exhaustive Grand Theft Auto VI Soundtrack Guide, this initial batch confirms that Rockstar intends to deliver a radio and playlist experience that reflects modern southern Florida in all its frantic, glamorous, and chaotic glory.

Here is our track-by-track first listen breakdown of the six singles leading the campaign for Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album.

1. "That's It" – Yung Lean feat. Future & Metro Boomin

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Opening the bundle is an unexpected yet hypnotic collaboration between Swedish cloud-rap pioneer Yung Lean, Atlanta heavyweight Future, and master producer Metro Boomin. "That's It" thrives on a low-slung, atmospheric beat driven by cavernous sub-bass and icy synthesizer arpeggios. Yung Lean sets an eerie, nocturnal tone with his detached delivery, while Future arrives with effortless melodic swagger to anchor the chorus.

The production sounds engineered specifically for midnight cruises across Vice City's elevated causeways. Metro Boomin avoids the trap clichés of recent radio singles, stripping the arrangement back to let the heavy low-end reverberate through car speakers. It is a brooding, stylish anthem that immediately signals the darker, transactional underbelly of Jason and Lucia's criminal ambitions.

2. "RHYNO" – Travis Scott

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Travis Scott brings unrelenting stadium-sized velocity with "RHYNO", a track constructed around distorted 808 percussion, frantic hi-hat rolls, and sharp industrial synthesizers. Scott's vocal performance is aggressive and urgent, layered with his signature autotuned ad-libs and hypnotic vocal echoes that ramp up tension with every sixteen bars.

Where "That's It" invites a relaxed cruise, "RHYNO" is made for five-star police chases through downtown traffic. The song's relentless BPM shifts and abrasive kick drums give it a visceral, kinetic punch that will feel right at home on the game's flagship modern hip-hop station. It stands as one of Scott's most focused and punishing contributions in recent memory.

3. "Sexy Magic" – CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso, PinkPantheress, Fred again.. & Étienne de Crécy

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  Sexy Magic ✓ by CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso, PinkPantheress, Fred again.., Étienne de Crécy

Perhaps the most fascinating sonic curveball of the release is "Sexy Magic", an astonishing cross-continental collaboration uniting Argentine urban-funk visionaries CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso, British bedroom-pop star PinkPantheress, electronic prodigy Fred again.., and French house titan Étienne de Crécy.

The resulting cut is an infectious, high-tempo dance anthem blending UK garage rhythms, French touch basslines, and Latin-infused funk grooves. PinkPantheress provides sweet, breezy vocal melodies that contrast beautifully against the punchy rhythmic Spanish verses from CA7RIEL and Paco Amoroso. Fred again.. and Étienne de Crécy craft a sleek club groove that practically radiates tropical humidity and ocean breezes, making this an instant staple for Vice Beach pool parties and neon-lit nightclub interiors.

4. "Last Thing You Need" – Morgan Wallen

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Rockstar's portrayal of Leonida expands far beyond metropolitan Vice City into rural backwaters, alligator-filled marshes, and dusty dirt highways. Enter Morgan Wallen's "Last Thing You Need", a moody, guitar-driven slice of modern southern country that grounds the soundtrack in working-class regional grit.

Built on twangy acoustic picking, steel guitar swells, and a driving mid-tempo drum groove, Wallen delivers a world-weary narrative of regret, roadside bars, and reckless decisions. It provides an earthy counterbalance to the city's glossy trap and club beats, establishing the sonic identity for Leonida's country radio dial as players explore the open wilderness outside the city limits.

5. "Macacoa 2000" – Rauw Alejandro

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A Vice City soundtrack without premier Latin urban sounds would be unthinkable, and Puerto Rican superstar Rauw Alejandro delivers with "Macacoa 2000". Fusing progressive reggaeton bounce with futuristic synth-pop textures, the track pulses with sensuality and dancefloor momentum.

Rauw Alejandro's silky vocal runs glide effortlessly across a rolling dembow rhythm, accented by metallic keyboard stabs and infectious melodic hooks. The track captures the vibrant street life of neighborhoods inspired by Little Haiti and Little Havana, ensuring that the soundtrack honours the Caribbean and Latin culture that forms the beating heart of modern Miami.

6. "Bright Lights, Big City" – Keith Richards

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Closing the six-track preview is a rootsy, road-tested blues rocker from Rolling Stones icon Keith Richards. "Bright Lights, Big City" is an earthy, swaggering jam carried by Richards' unmistakable open-G guitar riffs, warm overdriven tube amps, and gravel-soaked vocals that sound weathered by decades of rock-and-roll history.

Rockstar has always excelled at delivering timeless classic rock stations, from K-DST in San Andreas to Los Santos Rock Radio in GTA V. Richards' performance adds authentic analog soul to the album, providing an essential sonic balance for players who prefer classic guitars and smoky barroom grooves over modern synthesizers.

First Impressions Verdict

If these six preview singles are any indication of the full release, Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album is shaping up to be Rockstar Games' most musically diverse and culturally accurate project to date. By balancing midnight trap, high-voltage hip-hop, global club music, authentic Latin dembow, southern country, and vintage rock, the compilation mirrors the multifaceted personality of Leonida itself.

As Rockstar prepares for the game's historic launch in late 2026, these initial singles set an exceptionally high bar for what will undoubtedly become one of the most played soundtracks in interactive entertainment history.